It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

You win any which way you can. You do what you have to do to get by. That's the way it works in any job.

Basically, it's just fatigue, ... I've run out of gas a little bit. I've played a lot this summer, and the body's just telling me I'm fatigued.

I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match.

If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody.

I don't read all the newspapers.

It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me.

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

I'm happy in retirement.

When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into that magical thing.

Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.

The most difficult challenge that Governments have faced since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.

What do you do after you go to space, more importantly? You can't go to a more intense, awesome thing. That's the end.

Your mum pounced on her and started sucking away. Would’ve been arousing if not for all the screaming.” “Ian,” Bones drew out warningly. He grinned. “You’re right. I was aroused anyway.

You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.

Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge.

The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

There is no economy in having one operation produce a part and another separate the good ones from the bad ones.